The comments on the Scripta blog — written under the username “riikka” — include multiple uses of the Finnish equivalent of the n-word as well as other racial slurs, anti-immigrant rhetoric and apparent threats of violence. The texts use racist expressions such as “mocha dicks” and “Turkish monkeys”.

On 25 August 2008, “riikka” wrote: “Greetings from Barcelona. There is no “alarming immigration problem” to be seen here. N-word sell pirated Vuittons on Las Ramblas, scarves are hidden and each stays with their own.”

On 25 September 2008, “riikka” wrote about a confrontation on a train with young people from an immigrant background, saying “If they gave me a gun, there’d be bodies on a commuter train, you see.”

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Didn’t Finland’s economy minister say the exact same thing a day before he resigned over his nazi remarks? And that just happened like a week ago?

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Yes. Vilhelm Junnila resigned from the minister role (still in the party). Replaced by Wille Rydman, known for grooming underage girls and racist views. Then the interior minister Mari Rantanen deleted her blog posts about the great replacement conspiracy theory. And now we have this

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Damn, I feel for you guys. Sounds like the new government is a real clown show.

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It’s kind of a 50:50 on does the cabinet get to do their overall quite panned and harmful plans, or do they waste everyone’s time with these scandals.

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Yikes. They seem to really be in trouble with how many Nazis they’re allowing to hold power. Economy Minister resigned because he’s a Nazi. Finance Minister is at least a horrific racist but likely also a Nazi. I wonder if it’s just a return to the good old days of Finland allying with Nazis and helping Nazis murder Jews.

Finland’s ‘most rightwing government ever’ to cut spending and immigration

Despite being officially “banned” in Finland, the Neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement[1] seems to be only one-step removed here: both of these Ministers are part of the right-wing “Finns Party” which has direct ties to the Nordic Resistance Movement.

Edit: I said Prime Minister when I meant Economy Minister.


  1. Which, rather creepily, has ties to the terrorist Neo-Nazi Azov Batallion that Ukraine has no problems supporting ↩︎

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Prime Minister resigned because he’s a Nazi.

What? I’m fully against racists and the one bullshit party that’s allowing them among them, but that has never happened. No need to make things up.

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No you’re right that was an honest mistake. I misremembered Economy Minister as Prime Minister.

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I was simply quoting the Wikipedia page.

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The Finns Party members have organized and spoken in marches and rallies with the aforementioned banned sect

In WW2 Finland hid Jewish people from the Nazis and the alliance was probably a mandatory evil after not getting support against the other fascists coming over the over

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In WW2 Finland hid Jewish people from the Nazis and the alliance was probably a mandatory evil after not getting support against the other fascists coming over the over

Is that so?

Authorities in the Scandinavian nation revealed the findings Friday in a 248-page government-commissioned independent report, which showed that 1,408 Finnish volunteers — many between the ages of 17 and 20 — served with the SS Panzer Division Wiking from 1941 to 1943.

After losing several territories to a Soviet invasion in 1939, Finland entered a deal with Nazi Germany for material support against Moscow. But the agreement also required the Nordic country provide some 400 volunteers for the SS Wiking division — a pact it reluctantly honored, the report concluded.

I’ll say this: if part of the requirement of “getting support against the other fascists coming over” is to supply volunteers to kill Jews, it’s not excusable in the least. It’s completely unacceptable.

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Yes. It’s very probable that war crimes did happen as they happen with every country in a war. Nobody in their sound mind is proud of that alliance

In the present day it’s very important to remove all fascists from power

Even you recognized the issues Ukraine has with neo-nazis even though they’re in a better ethical position defending against the invader. Even there are war crimes which need to be sorted after the situation

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The Finnish government literally extradited Jewish people directly to the Gestapo who were promptly executed.

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It’s a horrible thing. You can read Finland’s views on that in the section World War Ii

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judging someone because of something they said 15+ years ago?

that’s pathetic

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Nah the issue is that they have never done a face turn, corrected any of the doings, and cannot serve in a democratic role (both our minister requirement and belonging to an antidemocratic cell)

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